Mail-bag-delivering apparatus



0. N. BRAUN ET AL MAlL BAG DELIVERING APPARATUS Filed July 5. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 aflfizeum w vh moo 11 26260 Z6 Malay-1000 Get. 2, 1923. 1,469,;4

O. N. BRAUN ET AL MAIL BAG DELIVERING APPARATUS Filed July 5, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 2] 141x214 {ow a i p v lateness orno NILE eason, or.iaoirreosrnnr;LLoYn r innii iviorrots, os innnnriny niinr ELMERYLEIEVUNDERVJOOD, ortonnoitwns'r vise-mm. i

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Application filed. Jilly a,

m diners (707106 Be known that we Grim N; Beaten, Liiorn FRANK lNIGEIOLl, and lnUnmcn woon, citizens of the United Sate/s, residing;

respectively, at lvllontg omery, lla ndley and.

London, in. the counties of Fayette and Kanawha and vState of West Virginia; have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in hilail-BagdDelivering Apparatus; 'and" we do declare the-following to bee; full, clear, and exact description otthe=-i -n-' vention, such as will enable others skilled in. the art to which itappertains to makeand usethesame. I This invention relates to an improvedmail bag delivering apparatus and one object of the invention is to provide a mail loag'delivering apparatus iii-which the bag holding -means ma normally hang in a "substantially vertically disposed position where it will be outof the way and not liable to strike passengers who maybe looking out 01" the windows of the cars. r

Another object of'theinvention is to :so construct this mail delivering apparatus that the bag holdingmeans may be moved to an extended position" while-the train-is passing the station and removing the mail" b'ag from the holding apparatus. V Y

Another object of the invention is to so construct this mail bag-i delivery apparatus that the bag-holding apparatus 'may be" swung intothe operative position by means of links'which are connectediwith agp'usli' bar mounted longitudinally of a traclorail and normally positioned close toa handgrip which extends longitudinally ofthera il 1 J a Another object of the'invention is to "so construct this bag delivering means that it ma be moved to extend thebag holding.

apparatus only when a train carried'eloment for engaging the puslrbar is moved to an operativeposition by an operator within the car. h

Another object of the invent-ion is to p-rovide a device which will be simple in con; struction and etlicient in operation:

This invention is illustrated in the acconr panying drawings wherein'z. v

Figure 1 is a top plan view showing the nail bag delivering apparatus'in the normal position. r

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view showing the mail bag delivering apparatus partially:

1922. Serial no. 572597.

int-top plan "and partially in seetion-anc lf showing the push bar moved away from the cam bar. by the tram-carried means,.

F1 gure 3 is a men; Staken al.ongthe-li1'1e 3-3 of Fig 'l.

fl igure 4 is aview si-milar to Fig. 3 showe ing the bag rholding meansmoved to the operative'position. p Figure'o' is 'a sectio alview takenfa-long the *line 5 5 ofFig. '11" This mail bag holding apparatus =is= to be mounted ata stationor other point or" de livery adjacent the railroad.traeks and Wl'll be-provided with a standard lwhioh in the present illustrationis invthe form ofveri- .tically disposed bars: conneote'd' by across:

bar 2 attheirnpperiendsi This standard is mountediupon a suitable sup-iport 'or foundation which has been illustrated as support: in'g bars 3 from which IGXtGIlCl thespaced 5 vertically disposed bars l *ofithe. standards These found ation forming bars i 3' i may. it

-l desired be extended beneath' therail'si of the traok'and take the'pl-ace of railsupporting ties. I At (their outer ends, the' supportingwb bars 3' are provided with upstanding zaln1s-= i Whichcarry guides 5 whioh'serveto'guide: and limit the sliding and 'tilting moveinent... of the rods 6.; These rods fiext end zlo'ngi -r tudinally of-the bars3 and inaddition .tobe-JBB ing passed through- :the guiding brackets: are also passed through-eyes -7 which anew carried-by the sidebars ll io fith'e standard -a and serve as 'fulo'rum's for these rods 13 will thus-be seen"thatthe rodssmay be" movecl f longitudinally through the zguides 4 and 'T and may also berocked with theeyesfi forming fulorums and tilted irour the posi tion shown in v Fig; 3 to thatashown'; in Fig: 4L and then. back again to the initial' posis tion shown in=Fig.-

These 'push'andpull rods 6 have their rear ends pivotally' con-s nected'with the links 'ol'wrodsl 8'wvhioh ex+ tend upwardly and are connected with the lever handles 9 ca-rried by the roolrer'shatta";

10 journaled in the upperend: portions of: the side bars Lotthestandardf: A sleeve 11- is carried upon the rocker shaft and since; thearocker shaft and shaft-receiving, passage J of the sleeve are non-circular as'shown in Figs. 3' and 4C, this sleeve will-be causedflto" turn with the rocker shaft. Eagsholding: rms- 12 'which: are of 1 a ziconventio-nal .:construction for holdingxanmail bagel?) aextends from this; sleeve; and when l in" a normal: posiiii) be suspended in the horizontal position shown. When however, the mail bag is to be removed, the push rods GWill be forced rearwardly andwill draw upon the links or rods 8 to rotate the rocker shaft and sleeve carried thereby and swing the'arms up- ;wardly to the position shown inFig. 4 in which position, they will hold the mail bag i in the vertically disposed position. When held in this vertically'disposed position, the

mail bags can be removed by means of the conventional constructipn of bag catching -means 14 mounted upon the car which latter is indicated in general by the numeral 15. In order to move'the rods 6 rearwardly and swing the bag carrying arms 12 upwardly, there has been provided a push/bar '16 which extends lo-ngitudinallly of the track and has the forward end portions" ofthe rods 6 connected with it as shown at 17. This push bar 16 has its end portions 16' curved to extend away from the track and terminating in depending arm portions 18 pivotally mounted by bearings 19. There fore, the push bar maybe swung, upon/the pivots 19 to impart sliding and tilting movement to the rods 6. It is desired to have this push bar 16 normally held in engagement with a cam strip or plate 20 which'extends longitudinally of the track adjacent one of the rails 21 and therefore there has been provided pistons 22"which are slidably mounted in cylinders or cases 23. and have their piston rods 24 connected with the end portions of the push bar 16 as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Inward movement of the pistons is resisted by spring means as shown at 25 and it will thus be seen that the push bar 16 will be normally held in engagement with the cam strip 20 by means of these springs 25 and held in this normal position due to the fact that the arms 12 have a tendency to remain in the position shown in big. 8 with the lever arms 9 swung upwvardly and the rods 6 held thrust forwardly by the links 8. The end portions of the cam strip 20 are curved toward the rail '21 so that the roller 26 can readily pass between the strip 20 and the push bar 16. This roller 26 is carried by a plunger 27 slidably mounted in a mounting 28 and yieldably held in'a raised or inoperative position by a spring 29. When the operator in the mail car places his foot upon the plunger 27 and pushes it downwardly, the roller will be f positioned as shown in :Figs. 2 and 4 so. that it can pass between the strip 20 and the push bar 16 and move the rods 6 rearwardlyto swing the bag carrying arms upwardly to the position shown in 4; and thus support the bag in position for engagement by thebag-engaging means 14.

There has thus been provided a mail bag tion when acted upon a train carried ele- 'ment and will return to the inoperative posiraeenoe delivering structure which is so constructed tion as soon as the train carried element is out or, engagement with the push bar forming part of the delivering structure.

VVe claiinz I e0 1-. A mail bag delivering apparatus comprising .a vertlcally disposed support, a rocker shaft rotatably carried by said support and 7 disposed horizontally, bag-engaging arms extending from said shaft for swinging movement into and out of a bag delivering position when the shaft isrotated, a crank arm extending from said shaft, a pull-rod connected with said crank arm and extending downwardly and away from said rocker shaft, a push-bar for extending longitudinally of a track rail for engagement by a train-carried abutment, said push-bar having its end portions bent to extend in diverging relation to the rail and being then bent downwardly and adapted for pivotal connection with means for mounting the push-bar for swinging movement towards and away from the rail, and a push-rod connected with said push-bar and extending outwardly from the same at substantially right angles to the push-bar and connected with the lower end-of the pull-rod to impart movement to the pull-rod and rotate the rocker shaft to swing the bag-carrying arms to a bag delivering position when the push bar is moved'away from the track rail.

2. A mail bag delivering apparatus comprisinga support including vertically disposed standards, a rocker shaft disposed 11 horizontally an'dlrotatably carried by said standards, bag-holding arms extending from said shaft for swinging movement into and out of a bag-delivering position when the shaft is rotated, crank arms extending from 11 said rocker shaft, pull-rods connected with said crank arms and extending downwardly and away from the rocker shaft, supporting means for said standards, a push-bar for extending longitudinally of atrack-rail and having its end portions extending in diverging relation to the rail and adapted to be pivotally mounted to mount the push-bar for swinging movement towards and away from the rail, and push-rods pivotall'y connected with the push-bar intermediate the length thereof and extending from the pushbar at right angles thereto and pivotally cognected with the lower ends of the pullro s. a

3. A mail bagdelivering apparatus comprising a vertically disposed support, a

rocker shaft rotatably carried bysaid support and disposed horizontally, bag-engagmg arms carried by sa d rocker shaft and extending therefrom for engaging opposite ends of a bag, a crank arm extending from said rockers shaft for imparting rotary movement to the same, a pull-rod connected with said crank arm and extending down wardly from the same, a push-bar for GX- tending longitudinally of a track rail, said push-bar having its end portions-bent to extend from the rail in diverging relation thereto, and being then bent downwardly,

pivot brackets connected with'the lower end of the downturned end portions of said push-bar to mount the pushbar for swingingmovement towards and away from the track-rail, a push-rod pivo'tally connected with the'push-ban and extending from the push-bar and pivotallyconnectedwith the 2 lower end of said pull-rod, and spring-controlled means connectedwith the 'end portions of the push-bar adjacent the upper ends of the downturned end portions the'reof and serving to yieldably hold the push In testimony whereof we have hereunto 

